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  • balamguitarbalamguitar
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    December 28, 2022 at 10:29 am
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    #4170

    here’s my submission. Kept the production, especially the drums, as natural and organic as possible. hope the midrange sounds as vibrant as I intended it to be. So without further ado, here it is. give it a listen :)

    BKMBKM
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    December 28, 2022 at 10:38 am
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    #4172

    Sounds polished and in your face without sounding overproduced. I’d say you achieved what you set out to do! Glad to hear I wasn’t the only one to add about 20 dB of high mids and high end haha

    balamguitarbalamguitar
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    December 28, 2022 at 11:05 am
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    #4181

    haha thanks man, ‘preciate it :)

    KampaKampa
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    December 28, 2022 at 4:44 pm
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    #4249

    Wow, it’s loud!
    Sounds good to me.

    balamguitarbalamguitar
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    December 28, 2022 at 4:55 pm
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    #4252

    dont worry they’ll make them all the same volume before judging them. its quieter than the reference tracks i used, but its definitely loud compared to some of the other entries lol. thanks for listening :)

    TomTom
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    December 30, 2022 at 9:09 am
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    #4510

    Great build up into the “…you will die” part. love it!

    balamguitarbalamguitar
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    December 30, 2022 at 12:45 pm
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    #4529

    took me a while to get it to hit right lol. thanks :) what do you think of the mix itself?

    LnMStudioLnMStudio
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    December 30, 2022 at 3:53 pm
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    #4559

    Very nice!!! Good Luck

    DoglikeDoglike
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    December 30, 2022 at 5:11 pm
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    #4577

    Cool vibe, like the sample at the start and nice vocal mix! Souns pretty balanced. Take a listen at my mix as well if you have the chance :)

    skitztwizelyskitztwizely
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    December 30, 2022 at 6:06 pm
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    #4595

    Filthy mix, Great job!

    FlimFlamManFlimFlamMan
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    December 31, 2022 at 2:54 pm
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    #4717

    Hi Alex,

    I can hear you went to some trouble to make the mids sit right. I like that aspect of the mix. The bass and guitar sounds complement each other well and I like that you didn’t indiscriminately scoop the guitar mids. Also lots of ear candy throughout the mix that I rather enjoyed.

    I can, however, hear some problems with the top-end of the kik drum. With the amount of midrange rolled out it’s basically a high-sub/bottom-of-the-bass sine wave with a 7-8k click stuck on top. While that might be exactly what you like in a kikdrum, it creates problems with the blast beats feeling oddly lopsided.

    Also some issue with the transients on the toms. Apart from being too low in the mix they sound (to my ears; i might be wrong) like they were compressed really hard with too fast an attack time.

    But again, nicely done on the bass + guitar sound.

    abobiiabobii
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    December 31, 2022 at 3:06 pm
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    #4720

    Really good mix. Good luck!

    TokkigoTokkigo
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    December 31, 2022 at 3:12 pm
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    #4723

    Nice Mix, I like the more polished vibe with still having the liveliness! Good Luck!

    balamguitarbalamguitar
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    December 31, 2022 at 4:07 pm
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    #4736

    thanks a lot for the feedback. glad you enjoyed the midrange. as for the kick, most of what your hearing is the kick mic itself. i dont feel that lopsidedness you describe is really an issue, if anything (in my albeit biased opinion) i feel it adds to the feel of an actual human playing the song and not a robot triggering everything. you’re absolutely right in your criticisms with the toms tho. i dont feel they’re a particularly important element of the song, so instead of losing my sanity obsessing with making them sound super massive and whatever, i just made sure they do their job helping fills and transitions flow smoothly. the idea was too feel more than hear, ya know? maybe i only took that approach because i suck at mixing toms lol. in any case i really appreciate the feedback, and best of luck to you!

    Denis Martintonidmt soundlab
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    January 7, 2023 at 2:53 pm
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    #6242

    one of the few mixes that starts with something different! nice!

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